ICONN — European Industrial DoCtorate on Offshore WiNd and Wave ENergy

Results in brief

European Industrial DoCtorate on Offshore WiNd and Wave ENergy

ICONN is a unique European Industrial Doctorate initiative to meet the current and future demand for highly skilled offshore wind and wave energy engineers by developing and advancing European capacity in the design, development and performance optimisation for Offshore Wind and Wave Energy installations. The initiative is strongly shaped by active participation from industries, and has markedly enhanced European capacity in offshore renewable energy at a critical juncture in time when Europe strives to occupy a lead market position globally in this sector. The three scientific work packages, which scaffold the individual research activities, progress from addressing specific challenges and capability deficiencies that impede the effective and efficient deployment of offshore wind and wave infrastructures (floating systems and optimisation of power take-off (PTO) ) through to activities that seek to create, and innovate in, new control algorithms and in operational efficiency domain (fatigue control, new algorithms for control of PTO). The delivered training and skillset development contributes strongly to EC strategic research, training and innovation strategies as established through the Europe 2020 strategy, Blue Energy, and in EC Innovation Union goals. New and highly original innovations and advances in scientific knowledge have been realised, disseminated and licensed from within the ICONN project activities, and have helped the industry participants significantly advance their technological and commercial platforms, and enhanced their future viability and potential. Three ESR's have been extensively and comprehensively trained in, and exposed to, cutting edge academic and industrial research, innovation, practices, facilities, deployments and collaborative networks. Lasting training networks and collaborations have been formed. The ICONN EID has proven to be a very valuable, highly impactful, career enhancing activity for all the ESRs, beneficiaries, partners, participants and ICONN project associates.

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Project objective

ICONN is a unique European Industrial Doctorate initiative to meet the current and future demand for highly skilled offshore wind and wave energy engineers by developing and advancing European capacity in the design, development and performance optimisation for Offshore Wind and Wave Energy installations. The initiative is strongly shaped by active participation from industries, and will develop and enhance European capacity in the offshore renewable energy area at a critical juncture in time when Europe strives to occupy a lead market position globally in this sector.The ICONN EID willi) provide state-of-the art training to Early Stage Researchers jointly with industries in the scientific and engineering disciplines of power take-off (PTO) and structural control, wave mechanics and hydrodynamics, CFD, sensing and system identification; ii) advance expertise, and research capacity, in the techno-economic-environmental factors that impact on the reliability and operational efficiency of offshore renewable energy installations; iii) instil business, management, entrepreneurship and innovation skills pertaining to offshore wind and combined wind-wave energy sector to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation;iv) promote clearly defined scientific dissemination, public outreach and commercialisation/IP agendas.The three scientific work packages, which scaffold the individual research activities, progress from addressing specific challenges and capability deficiencies that impede the effective and efficient deployment of offshore wind and wave infrastructures (floating systems and optimisation of power take-off (PTO) ) through to activities that seek to create, and innovate in, new control algorithms and in operational efficiency domain (fatigue control, new algorithms for control of PTO).

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN · DublinCoordinatorIreland
AALBORG UNIVERSITET · AalborgDenmark
FLOATING POWER PLANT AS · BANDHOLMDenmark
Swirl generators Ltd · Rathvilly, Co CarlowIreland
WAVE STAR AS · SonderborgDenmark

ICONN · European Industrial DoCtorate on Offshore WiNd and Wave ENergy

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European Industrial DoCtorate on Offshore WiNd and Wave ENergy

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